Blade magazine



B. A. HOLOHAN Jan. 5, 1960 BLADE MAGAZINE Filed Jan. 18, 1956 2Sheets-Sheet 1' FIG. 2

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY United States Patent 2,919,795 BLADE MAGAZINE Bartholomew'A.'I1olohan, Little Neck, N.Y., assignor to Club- Razor Blade Mfg.Company, Newark, N.J., a corporation of New Jersey j v -ApplicationJanuary 18, 1956, Serial No. 559,862 r 3 Claims. Cl. 20616) Thisinvention relates to magazines for razor blades or the like and, moreparticularly, to a novel magazine of this type arrangedto contain aplurality of blades sep arated by paper strips acting as lubricators andin which all of the blades are removed from the same end of themagazine; 1

' ,The modern trend in dispensing razor blades is to sell packages ofsuch blades in magazines or relatively rigid material such as metal orplastic composition materials. This magazine contains springs normallymaintaining the blades engaged with one or more lugs extended throughthe blade slots. Most present magazines'are relatively complicated inthat the, blades must be alternately removed from opposite ends of themagazine, which requires that the blades be so placed that arrowsimprinted thereon indicate the removal direction. In addition, shouldthe magazine be subjected to moisture, the blades tend to become rustedor stuck together.

In accordance with the present invention, a novel magazine is providedin which paper strips are disposed between adjacent blades. The magazineincludes a pair of posts or the like engaged through holes in the paperstrips so that these latter are permanently held in the magazine. Also,the paper strips have cut-outs corresponding in size and location to theusual access opening for placing a finger against a blade so thatnormally the paper strips are invisible. I

The blade positioning means includes an inner rim around the accessopening in one wall of the magazine and against which the stacked bladesand paper are pushed by a spring engaged with the opposite wall. Thisrim is of such a height for the major part of its extent as to maintainthe blades above the lower edge of a lug extending from the oppositewall and engaged in the blade slot. If a blade is displaced to movetoward the discharge end of the magazine, it is held in engagement withthe lug until such time as the end of the blade slot engages with arearward extension on the lug. At this time, the reduced end portion ofthe blade falls into a shallow recess in the aforementioned rim whichlowers the blade sufiiciently so that it may pass underneath the loweredge of the lug and be withdrawn. The paper separators act aslubricators separating the individual bladesand providing a smoothsurface facilitating blade movement out of the magazine.

For an understanding of the invention principle, referonce is made tothe following description of a typical embodiment thereof as illustratedin the accompanying drawing. In the drawing:

Figs. 1 and 2, are. respectively, top and bottom plan views of theloaded magazine;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an inside view of the top wall;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the spring;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation :iew of the bottom wall; and

Fig. 8 is a plan view of a paper separator strip.

Referring to the drawings, the magazine includes a top or casing member10, a bottom or closure member 20, and a spring 30. Members 10 and 20are formed of any suitable relatively rigid materials such as metal or aplastic composition material.

Member 10 includes a fiat wall portion 11 formed with an oval accessopening 15 bounded by an inner reinforcing rib 12. Extending from wall11 are parallel side walls 13, having curved forward ends 14, and an endwall 16. Just rearwardly of opening 15 a pair of posts 17 project fromwall 11 for a purpose to be described. A lip 18 extends across theforward open end of wall 11.

Member 20 includes a main wall 21 arranged to lie between walls 13 ofmember 10 and curved, as at 22, to conform to the curvature of theforward ends of walls 13.

For a purpose to be described, the rear end of wall '21 is recessed, asat 23, and formed with a tapered or feathered portion 24. Ribs 28 extendparallel to the side edges of wall 21 and receive rivets securing theribs to walls 13 of member 10. A projection 25 extends from wall 21 andhas a rearwardly projecting arm 26 and a sloping guide surface 27.

Before assembly of members 20 and 30, the magazine is filled with blades40 separated from each other by paper strips 45. The blades 44) arearranged with their reduced outer ends 41 engaged between posts 17, andpaper strips 45 have holes 47 receiving these posts. The assembly ofalternating blades and paper strips is pressed toward wall 11 of member10 by spring 30, with the blades resting on rim 12 of opening 15. Strips45 have cutouts 46 conforming to opening 15, so that only the blades areexposed at this opening.

As best seen in Fig. 6, spring 3th comprisesa bowed portion 31, engagingthe stack of blades and paper strips, and a struck out tongue 32engaging wall 21.

The blades are normally locked in position by engagement of lug 25 inblade slots 42. To discharge a blade, a finger is pressed against ablade through opening 15 to slide the blade toward lip 18. During thismovement, 7

slot 42 remains in engagement with lug 25. As the end of the slotreaches extension 26, the end of the blade is pressed between thisextension and rib 12 with blade extension 41 dropping into recess 19(Fig. 5) of this rib. The blade then slips along guide surface 26 forremoval through the open front of the magazine.

The paper strips 45 are held in the magazine by engagel ment of posts 17through holes 47, and act as separating lubricators between the blades.These strips thus prevent the blades from sticking together due torusting or the like.

It will be noted that the height of rim 12. is such that the blades arekept above the lower edge 27 of abutment 25 until such time as the bladehas been withdrawn so that the rear edge of slot 42 engages extension26. At

,inner surfaces of the wall 21 and the tongue 32 against the tension oftongue 32, thereby depressing the tongue 32 towards the bowed portion 31of the spring 30 and in being so displaced is maintained between ribs 28with in the thus formed chamber under spring pressure, so that the bladeis firmly held under tension and will not rattle. Successive blades asthey are inserted through a 3 recess 23 and longitudinally displacedwill further depress the tongue 32 of the spring 30 so that at all timesthe progressively increasing pile of used blades will be maintained innon-rattling position and under pressure within the thus formed chamber.

While a specific embodiment of the invention has been shown anddescribed in detail to illustrate the application of the inventionprinciples, it will be understood that the invention may be embodiedotherwise without departing from such principles.

What is claimed is:

l. A razor blade dispensing magazine comprising, in combination, acontainer including a pair of members conjointly providing a pair ofspaced substantially parallel walls arranged to form a blade dischargeopening at one end, one of said Walls having an access opening thereinbounded on the inner side by a rim, and the other of said Walls having alug projecting therefrom for engagement the usual central slot of therazor blades; the member having said one wall having a pair of sideWalls projecting perpendicularly to said one wall and the outer surfacesof said side walls being grooved along their inner edges to seat saidother wall; said other Wall having ribs adjacent its side edgesjuxtaposed with the inner surfaces of said side walls; fastening meansextending through said side walls and said ribs to secure said memberstogether; said lug being between said access opening and said dischargeopening and extending inwardly to at least the plane of the innersurface of said rim; and spring means engaged with the inner surfaces ofsaid ribs and having a tongue engaging said other wall to bias theblades toward said rim whereby outward movement of the blades is limitedby engagement of said lug in the blade slots; said rim having a shallowrecess in its edge nearest said lug of a width substantially equal tothe width of the usual reduced end portion of the blades whereby, whenthe blade engaging said rim is moved outwardly to near the limitprovided by engagement of said lug in the blade slot, the reduced widthend of the blade, moving into said recess, will displace the bladebeyond said lug for outward movement beneath said lug; said rim havingan extended contact support surface for blades in said magazine.

2. A razor blade dispensing magazine comprising, in combination, acontainer including a pair of members conjointly providing a pair ofspaced substantially parallel walls arranged to form a blade dischargeopening at one end, one of said walls having an access opening thereinbounded on the inner side by a rim, and the other of said Z walls havinga lug projecting therefrom for engagement in the usual'central slot ofthe razor blades; the'member having said one wall having a pair of sidewalls projecting perpendicularly to said one wall and the outer surfacesof said side walls being grooved along their inner edges to seat saidother wall; said other wall having ribs adjacent its side edgesjuxtaposed with the inner surfaces of said side walls; fastening meansextending through said side walls and said ribs to secure said memberstogether; said lug being between said access opening and dischargeopening and extending inwardly to at least the plane of the innersurface of said rim; a plurality of blades disposed in said magazine; aplurality of paper separator strips disposed in said magazine inalternation with said blades; interengaging means on said strips and insaid magazine retaining said strips in the magazine as the blades aredispensed, said interengaging means in said magazine engaging the endsof said blades furthest from said discharge opening to prevent movementof said blades in a direction away from said discharge opening; andspring means engaged with the inner surfaces of said ribs and having atongue engaging said other wall to bias the blades toward said rimwhereby outward movement of the blades is limited by engagement of saidlug in the blade slots; said rim having a shallow recess in its edgenearest said lug of a width substantially equal to the width of theusual reduced end portion of the blades whereby, when the blade engagingsaid rim is moved outwardly to near the limit provided by engagement ofsaid lug in the blade slot, the reduced width end of the blade, movinginto said recess, will displace the blade beyond said lug for outwardmovement beneath said lug; said rim forming an extended contact supportsurface for blades in said magazine.

3. A magazine as claimed in claim 2 in which one of said walls has pinmeans extending therefrom to position said blades and constituting saidinter-engaging means; said strips having holes receiving said pin means.

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